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Day 20

Steps: 6,737
Calories consumed: c. 2,200
Exercise: 38 minutes on the treadmill

Spent most of the day inside so the step count was primarily from the treadmill.

Day 19

Friday, September 23

Steps: 12,210
Calories consumed: c. 2,000
Exercise: 38 minutes on the treadmill

Lots of walking at work today. Two days in a row over 12,000 steps. Actually kept going a bit to achieve that. The motivation of the pedometer.

Day 18

Steps: 12,150
Calories consumed: c. 1,600
Exercise: 30 minutes on the treadmill

Lots of walking at work today.

Day 17

Steps: 7,872
Calories consumed: c. 1,500
Exercise: 40 minutes on the treadmill

I worked from home today so I did not get that many steps from moving around. But I got back to the gym.

Days 14 - 15 - 16

It has been a rocky stretch. I have eaten too much and not made it to the gym. Day 14 (Sunday, September 18) and Day 15 (Sunday, September 19) were significant failures. Life has become overly busy which serves as an excuse.

Day 16 was a day to begin clawing my way back:

Steps: 7,801
Calories consumed: c. 1,700
Exercise:

Day 13

Steps: 656
Calories consumed: way too many
Exercise:

Today (I write this on Sunday to report on Saturday) will be another day. Of course that goes without saying. Today will be the day to begin again.

Day 12

Steps: 6,880
Calories consumed: way too many
Exercise:

Posting late - yesterday was a wash. Today will be a different day. A better day.

Day 11

Steps: 10,780
Calories consumed: c. 2,300
Exercise: 35 minutes on treadmill

Day 10

Steps: 6,561
Calories consumed: c. 1,750
Exercise: 30 minutes on treadmill

Worked from home today which reduced the number of steps; did get to the gym.

Day 9

Steps: 10,040
Calories consumed: c. 1,650
Exercise: none

Got up at 3:00 a.m. Spent day on train or in DC. Did not get to the gym, but did do lots of walking and made the goal.

Day 8

Steps: 6,463
Calories consumed: c. 2,400
Exercise: none

Not a good day. Ate too much. Did not get to gym, primarily because I have to get up at 3:00 a.m. to go to Washington, D.C. and I need to go to bed now. Tomorrow will be a challenging day as well.

Day 7

Steps: 10,790
Calories consumed:c. 1,800
Exercise: 35 minutes on treadmill
Stretching

Day 6

Steps:10,185
Calories consumed: c. 1,650
Exercise: 35 min. treadmill walking
Stretching

Learning of the day: I like walking to music better than walking to talking books. Not sure where to go with that, I am not sure when I would listen to the book otherwise and I do enjoy that.

Day 5

Steps: 10,158
Calories consumed: c. 1,900
Exercise: 35 min. treadmill walking

Day 4

Steps: 10,158
Calories consumed: c. 1,800
Exercise: 35 min. treadmill walking
Stretching

Wrote this one last night while watching football. Thought I had posted it. Apparently not.

Day 3

Steps: 10,308
Calories consumed: c. 1,600
Exercise: 30 min. treadmill walking

Developments:

Sean suggested that the calorie count may be too low. Checking of some online sites revealed he is correct. Adjustments will be made.

An exercise mat has been purchased which will be used for stretching, particularly of the back.

Day 2

Steps: 10,154
Calories consumed: c. 1,700
Exercise: 30 min. treadmill walking

Day 1

Steps: 10,457
Calories: 1,500
Exercise: 30 min. treadmill walking

A Beginning

In a somewhat self-centered way, well a totally self-centered way, this serves as a place to record my efforts at self-care. Efforts have been made before and fallen short - quite short. But unless the effort is resumed, nothing will change and much needs to change. So it begins again. This beginning includes this record as a way of providing motivation and letting a support community, a community of accountability, know what is happening.

See you along the Trail.